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Sunday, March 12, 2017

A C C I D E N T S

      it's almost as if they weren't supposed to happen . . .
          
     
an A.B. Frost book illustration, "contents"
"Contents"  an A.B. Frost book illustration       click image to enlarge
            
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a Jack Kirby story panel for Nick Fury, two men calmly talking in a burning car
a Jack Kirby story panel
            
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Norbertine von Bresslern-Roth, falling mountain goat
Norbertine von Bresslern-Roth     click twice
      
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an 1860s children's book cautionary illustration, The Bad Girl
"The bad girl"  from an 1860s schoolbook:  children were taught about
death because mortality rates were high
   
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Walter Molino illustration, a stage light falling onto actors
a Walter Molino illustration
   
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a Walter Molino illustration of an avalanch destroying a cabin with men
Walter Molino
   
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a Walter Molino illustration of a jet crashing into a passenger train
Walter Molino
   
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a Mike Hinge illustration of a fire hydrant
a Mike Hinge illustration     click twice
       
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an illustration from a science journal by Camille Flammarion
an illustration from a Camille Flammarion 1800s science journal
    
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a Tom Vroman children's book illustration, 1964
a Tom Vroman children's book illustration,  1964
  
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Art Spiegelman's Garbage Pail Kids trading cards for Topps inc.
 Art Spiegelman's "Garbage Pail Kids" trading cards for Topps inc. 1985:  kids loved them
    
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a Robert Williams painting of street racing cars crashing out of control
a Robert Williams painting       click twice
    
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a Robert Williams painting of a boy's skateboard injury
Robert Williams       click twice
    
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a Robert Williams painting, cold hearts, no sympathy for the dying man
"Cold Hearts"   Robert Williams       click twice
    
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an illustration of too-steep 1878 stairs in "the unpaved districts" "A Swift Descent"  in 1878 describes too-steep stairs in "the unpaved districts"
           
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astronomy art collision, in space there is no sound
there is no sound in space
                 
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a I.W. Taber illustration 1897, a man overboard from a ship
a I.W. Taber illustration,  1897
              
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1879 dangerous child toy, a bow gun shoots brass tipped arrows 50 feet
a dangerous 1879 child's toy  "Shoots an arrow with force and accuracy a distance of 50 feet"
              
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Reed Crandall horror Creepy Eerie 1960s, a gas station accident
a Reed Crandall horror story panel,  1960s       click twice
              
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Jerry Lewis craziness
Jerry Lewis       see full size
              
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a Gary Larson cartoon about elephants
"Well,  what the? ... I THOUGHT I smelled something."   a Gary Larson cartoon
                   
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a Rowland B. Wilson cartoon illustration for a New England Life Insurance advertisement
"My insurance company?  New England Life,  of course.  Why?" 
an advertising illustration by cartoonist Rowland B. Wilson
         
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a 1950s MAD look at insurance, with art by Wallace Wood
a 1950s MAD look at insurance by Wallace Wood     click twice
      
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a Bruno Paul cartoon about bicycling etiquette
a Bruno Paul cartoon illustration
         
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an Edward Gorey drawing, "O is for Olive run through with an awl"
Edward Gorey
      
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a Frank R Paul illustration of a space wreck
a Frank R. Paul illustration     click twice       
     
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Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen, an accidental death in public
Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen
   
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a Harold Von Schmidt illustration of a winter train wreck at night
a Harold von Schmidt illustration     click twice
    
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a Tex Avery animation still
a Tex Avery animation     click twice
    
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a cartoon drawing by the 1800s writer William Makepeace Thackeray
a cartoon by the 1800s writer William Makepeace Thackeray     click twice

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